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[Douglas Pollard]

On 06/07/2011 01:53 PM, Roy Strachan wrote:
> Hi Doug
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ok originally I had a dual boot system and was doing some video on Xp in
> Premeir and some on Cinelerra in Ubuntu. With Openshot I no longer need
> Premeir so I no longer have XP on the machine. Now the question is how
> can I copy the files to another drive? Then I can repartition the 2tb
> drive ext 4 and put the files back on the drive??? Does this make
> sense? Doug
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I've never done anything like this with a FAT filesystem but I think
> this will work.
>
> Do fdisk -l again just to make your drive is still listed as fdc.  If
> not adjust the partition designation in fstab (see below).
>
> In /etc/fstab add a line -
>
> /dev/sdc1 /mnt  vfat  ro
>
> Notice that you are mounting sdc1 NOT sdc.  You need to mount the
> partition you want to access.  The ro in the mount line is Read Only.
> Take no chances. :o)
>
> Reboot the computer and hopefully it will recognize the drive (Look for
> it in /mnt). If it does, copy what you want to another drive and follow
> your own instructions to format the drive and copy the files back to it.
>
> Hopefully that will work
>    Roy
>
>
>
Below is the output of the terminal
douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ fdisk -l
douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$
douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for douglasdoug:

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000f29df

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       23995   192734208   83  Linux
/dev/sda2           23995       24322     2624513    5  Extended
/dev/sda5           23995       24322     2624512   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d4675

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1       30400   244187968+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 250.1 GB, 250059349504 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009163c

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *           1       30401   244196001    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/sdd: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000a22b8

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdd1   *           1       19457   156288321    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/sde: 2000.4 GB, 2000398932992 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000e557

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sde1   *           1      243201  1953512001    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ /etc/fstab
bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied
douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$ sudo/etc/fstab
bash: sudo/etc/fstab: No such file or directory
douglasdoug at ubuntuDoug:~$
What am I doing wrong here ? I am trying to mount sde1.
                                                 Thanks Doug